OctPoWriMo: Once a Dream, Now the Future

This prompt surprised me. I have regularly thought about this question and how it would effect me. there will always be what-if monsters running through your head. Even after 30+ years I still get them trying to knock me down and push me around. Since 2011 I have fought back. But sometimes i still get those moments we i consider what would be if I had done this or that. Today's poem is a little be of a reminder to keep fighting even when you don't feel like fighting, because every dream is worth fighting for and every future started as a dream. I like how I started and ended this poem.

Enjoy, Dear Readers!

Poetry Prompt: What in your life do you wish was different? Free write for ten minutes about what freedom looks like to you.

Poetry Form: Etheree

Word Prompts: Courage, Brave, Freedom, Daring

Once a Dream, Now the Future

Once

I dreamt--

of chances

taken or not.

It's the query that

you ask yourself at night.

When you cannot find your sleep

and all alone inside your head

are the what-if gremlins dancing to

songs of what you didn't do, could've done.

The bravest thing that you can do is to

when faced with the inner demons of doubt--

pick up the mantle of courage.

Freedom is knowing your fear,

Daring them to face you,

and sojourning on.

Never forget 

your future

were dreams,

once.

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